Adult Literacy Resources

Best books and links for tutors to try!

Introduction

In the fall of 2007, the Halifax Community Learning Network received a grant from the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre to host a series of Tutor Learning Circles. The Learning Circles were an opportunity for volunteer tutors to discuss materials that they had found useful in their work as adult literacy tutors. A series of five Learning Circles took place and this resource list is a compilation of the best books, web sites and other learning tools that an adult literacy tutor will find useful.

Thanks to all the volunteers who participated by attending a Learning Circle and adding their suggestions and ideas to this list.

Where can I borrow these materials?

Most are available from the Adult Literacy Coordinators’ resource collections at the program where you tutor.

Another source is the Halifax Public Libraries System. Check out both the Adult Literacy Section and the ESL collections at local libraries. They are side by side on the shelves. Look for the adult literacy logo (below) on book spines. And don’t forget the libraries’ Children’s Non-Fiction Collection, a great place for user-friendly books about history, science, geography and much more.

Feel free to add new books, web sites or tutor tips to your list of favourite resources and let us know your suggestions at HCLN by e-mailing: hcln@ns.sympatico.ca

Best of luck with your work as a literacy tutor!